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The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-23
Forward !!

The editorial notes and CORES
pondence from Charleston that
have filled these columns for four
weeks past, have kept our readers
fully posted as to the protracted
and hotly contested battle that has
been waged for the Prohibition
Amendment, before the Legisla-
ture. Last week we were permit
ted at the eleventh hour to make
the simple announcement of victo.
~. How it all came about, and
how the friends Of the Home were
filled with joy, and the friends of
the Saloon were discomhtted, is
fully told in the additional Charles
ton news, in another column.
But 80 it is, after weary years,
.and sharp, fierce contest, running
through four weeks of the present
Legislative session, the first great
victory for Constitutional Prohibi-
ton in West Virginia has been
won. Along with our sister States
of Oregon, Michigan and Tennes-
see (and others are likely to join
us within a fortnight), we are now
on the open field OF battle. In the
other States mentioned, the cam
eaign will be brief, and the issue
sooner decided. Here little more
than twenty months will elapse,
before the Amendment is voted
upon. But the time is short
enough. The friends Of the
Amendment have no time to lose.
Organization must be effected, the
lines must be formed and cam
paign understandingly planned,
ard inaugurated. Who will move
first in the matter? Forward,
x.oto, should be the word.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-23

When must the saloons close if
the Amendment is ratified? Their
license under the present law will
expire April 80, 1889. Laws to en-
force the Amendment, attaching
penalties, etc, can be enacted in
January, 1889, and will take effect
in ninety days after they are pass
ed; or they may, if two-thirds SO
declare, take effect from their pas
sage. So that, at all events, if the
Amendment carries, the saloons
must close not later than May 1st,
1889.
But another question arises. If
the Amendment goes into effect
from the day of the election, will
that not render the licenses under
which saloons are running null
and void? If SO, the statutes now
in force against selling without Ii
cense would close them up instan-
ter.
In either event prohibition is
still a good while off. But we can
wait. We have waited about two
hundred years already.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-23
Plenty of Time.

The Chamber of Commerce Of
our city meets this evening, If
action on prohibition has not been
taken before the hour for the meet
ing arrives, We would suggest that
resolutions be drafted concerning
the damage prohibition law
would do to Wheeling, to be sent
forthwith to Charleston. Every
member should be present and con-
certed action taken.-Register.
Plenty of time now to call on
your Chambers of Commerce. Let
them have weekly meetings, and
let the miserable, murderous bust
ness of the ssloons be fully discuss
ed during the next eighteen
months, and Ohio county will give
a rousing majority for the Prohibi-
ton Amendment.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-23
Text Book Troubles.
Same Old Fight Of The Saloon
Against The Home.

The friends OF the Scientific Tenn
perance Instruction Bill were wise
in divorcing it entirely from the
vexing question of Text Books.
Otherwise it had never escaped the
book job sharks that were watch
ing its passage through the two
houses. .4
After the bill was safely passed,
its friends were then anxious to
secure the best possible fruits of the
measure for the children of the
State, and that without any chance
for the Sharks" or semblance of a
"book-job" in the matter. Accord
ingly they appeared before the
Joint Committee on Education,
and alter due consideration, said
Committee unanimously reported a
bill creating Commission to select
the new temperance Text BOOKS
and contract for the same.
The Commissioners named were
State Superintendent Of Schools,
B. S. Morgan, Profs. Hodges, of
Huntington, A. L. Purinton, of
Parkersburg, Brown of Chenille,
and Anderson of Wheeling.
Surely the names of these gen.
tlemen were of themselves a guar
anty against everything savoring
of a Cob"
And yet what was the surprise
of the friends of Temperance Edu-
cation, when a thoroughly laid
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-23
The Journals Views on the
Amendment.

1t is useless to legislate ahead of
public sentiment, however desira-
Bile such legislation may seem.
We can think of nothing that
would do more mischief in city
like Parkersburg than an unen-
forced prohibition law.-&ate Jour-
nal.
Is that the teaching of the Pres
byterian Church relative to the
Prohibitory laws issued upon
Sinai's mountain top?
Does the editor of the State Jour-
nal so expound the teachings of
Christ in the Sabbath School?
1t really looks as if the Journal
spoke out of the abundance of its
editorial heart, when it said, "We
can think of nothing that would do
more mischief in a city like Par
kersburg, than an unenforced pro-
hibition law" and this accounts
for it's advertising and commend.
ing lotteries, saloons, prize-fgbts
and cheap, vulgar theatrical shows
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-23
A New Experience.

It is a little difficult to ADJUST
oneself to the changed situation.
For six long years the fight has
been to secure the submission of the
Prohibition Amendment. Now,
the question is, shall that Amend
ment be ratified by the people ?
We can scarcely realize that we
have actually arrived at this adj
vanced station. To elbow up"
the Legislature, or to tell of the
meanness of the Liquor LOBBY, or
to ego for" the Wheeling papers,
because of defeat-all that would
come easy and natural. We have
been doing it through six long voA-
umes of the FREEMAN. But to come
down now with smiling counte-
nance and mako our best bow to
the Senators and Delegates, thank
ing them that "two-thirds of all
the members elected to each
House" agreed thereto, really, this
is something new. But give US a
little time and we'll get properly
into the new harness.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-23

The Intellsgemcer and Register are
just now busy trying to saddle
upon their representative parties
the blame for the submission Of the
Amendment.
The people of the State will
blame neither of the parties for the
Submission of the Amendment, nor
will they allow either of them to
make any political capital by
claiming the credit of the same.
AS parties, they are on record
upon this question, and no indl-
vidual action can change this
record.
The Wellsburg Herald has prop
erly diagnosed the case. Speaking
of the three Senators who changed
their votes, it says:
cit was not from a change of sem
timent on the subject, but simply
choice of evils from their stand
point; and all we can say in their
favor, is that they probably showed
Judgment in choosing the least;
They might have done it sooner and
shown more. ~
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-23
WEDNESDAY, FEB. %, 1887.
Prohibition, When and How ?

We have already had numerous
inquiries, and have heard variety
of comment as to when the Amend
ment is to be voted upon? What is
required to ratify 1t? And when
it will go into effect, if carried?
A reference to Sec. 2 of Art. IA Of
our State Constitution, plainly set
ties all this.
First, it must be voted upon at
the next general election. Not at
special election, nor school cleo
ton; but at the Presidential cleo
ton on this Tuesday next after the
first Monday in November, 1888.
Second, it will be ratified if a
M ajority of all those voting on that
question, vote for it. 1t does not
require majority of all the votes
cast.
Third, if ratified it takes effect
from and after the day of the cleo
ton. But the fact of its ratihca-
ton must be proclaimed by the
Governor, when the returns are in.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-23
Thanks for COurteSfeBs.

The editor of this paper desires
in this public way to tender his
hearty thanks to the members Of
the Legislature for their many
kindnesses and courtesies during
the five weeks he was among them
doing what he might in the in
terest of the Amendment and
other Temperance legislation.
Sympashizing with the members
as be did, in their trials under the
avalanches of Lobbyists" that
bore down on every side, he tried
not to make himself vulnerable to
the charge of lobbyist" in the op-
probrious sense, and if in his over
anxiety and zeal for the cause,
when it's fate hung in the balance,
he at any time intruded sugges-
tions where they became annoying,
he begs pardon. And if in all his
watching and cooperation with
friends in the prolonged and bitter
struggle, he was in the least in
strumental in helping to- check
mate the willy schemes Of the
enemy and secure the final victory,
this of itself is ample compensa-
ton for all the anxiety, time and
OK pense of his five weeks efforts.
When he came to the capital in
the early part of the session, he
only expected to remain a few
days at most. But as the Amend
ment fight progressed, new COM
plications arose and new exigencies
were developed that seemed to
demand and command the con-
slant watching and study of some
one who had not the many cares
and responsibilities of the mem.
bers of the Legislature. There
being no other to thus watch and
study the changing phases of the
battle, the editor of the Freeman
assumed the task and did the best
he could.
Again in his own behalf, and in
behalf OF the Temperance people
of the State, he thanks the mem
bers of the Senate and House of
Delegates for the cordial reception
rendered him and the many kind
nesses, courtesies and favors accord
ed during the session of this the
Legislature that shall become
memorable and historic as the
Temperance and Prohibition Leg.
islature of West Virginia.
And to all these thanks, and to
all this reform legislation, all
the good people of the State will
say An,enI
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-23

plan was sprung in the House to
substitute the Board of Public
Works" for the gentlemen named
in she Bill. While the substitute
was defeated, yet the leaders OF the
scheme to defeat the purposes OF
the Bill, kept up thsir assaults
and butchery with mangling
amendments till the. Bill was
hateful in the sight of DOS friends,
and on motion of its patrons, 1t was
shot off into space by indefinite
postponement.
A large majority of the House
were favorable to the Bill in its
integrity, but by dasta,dly meth
oes and systematic misrepresenta-
tons, many were deceived into OPP
posing the Commission as reported
by the Committee. THE Freeman
shall have more to say on this
line, in due time, and with def
niseness that the matter deserves.
The friends OF Scientific Temper
ance Instruction are ipst now more
concerned to prevent a fatal Sob"
than they are hopeful of securing
any favorable legislation at this
session, to further the introduce
ton of the new study in the
schools throughout she State.
1t is worthy OF remark that the
leaders of the fgat against the
Amendment and the Prohibition
Bill, were the leaders in killing
the Temperance Text Book Com
mission. 1t is the same old fight
of the Saloon against the Home,
that wakes hot whenever ana
wherever any measure is proposed
looking to Temperance or moral
ity.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-23
The Registers Nonsense am
Treason.

Frcm the dispatches pablished|
on tae third page, it wail be seen|
that II the champions of the Pro-
hibition Amendment had been al
little more liberal in their views i'll
would have passed the Senate, I'll
while urging this moral reform an
injustice had not been attempted
to be done, in not making any
provision to recompense those
WHOSE business would be zained bv
Prohibition, more than the two.
thirds majority would have been
recorded. Many men have, under
the sanction of the law invested
thousands of dollars in, establish.
menss. To render these compare.
lively worthless was not exactly
the hand Of reform that. some Sen.
ators wanted.
The question will, without
doubt, be submitted hy the next
Legislature and be adopted by
twc,thirds of the people of the
State Wheeling Register.
The foregoing is not only slushy
nonsense, but political treason, as
well.
Who ever heard O. q Christian
country or community compensa-
ting the Devil tor ais mischief?
Or as Justice Agnew, puts it, "Who
ever heard of the State making
compensation for anrse?"
In the experience of hundreds of
years there never yet was known
/ case where any evil was abol-
lSshed and the ev.l-doers compen-
stated.
1t is an insult TO intelligence to
put forward such proposition in
this enlightened age. The shame
and disgrace of she State is that
the Ubiquitous and infamous bust
ness of drum Matchmaking was not
stricken down and annihilated
summarily, years and years ago.
The admission in the last para
graph that it will be submitted
by the next Legislature and rati-
fed by two-thirds of the people, is
an admission that the Register
is guilty of political treason now,
in opposing the will and right Of
the majority to rule. 1t has here
tofore confessed its treason by
boldly declaring that its reason
for opposing Submission was be-
cause the people would ratify the
Amendment. All this was also a
plain admission of the fact that it
was speaking for its Wheeling
Beer Bosses and not for the peo-
( pie. And what is this but treason
against the interests Of the homes
of the State and the rights Of the
people at large.
| But thanks to the sober sense Of
the sovereign voters of the State,
and to the members of the Legis-
lature who have at last yielded to
the prayers of a patient and long
suffering constituency, the people
are to be heard in spite Of all
trickery and treachery = the
Amendment has been submitted,
the sovereigas will speak and
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-23

| HAVE ON HAND sample
Piano (Upright) WHICH l WILL
SELL VERY LOW, RATHER THAN RE-
TURN IT. CALL AND SEE IT.
, sa. ....s..-41. ~ w. +. ATKINSON.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-23

Mr.. McCallister evidently did not
know it was loaded. He is the man
whose failure to vote against the
submission resolution on Thursday
last, as he was expected to, gave
the saloonists such a scare for fear
he would vote the other way and
the resolution thus carry. 1t only
lacked his vote, and it appears he
had been playing fast and loose
down in Cabell, before the election,
and very naturally felt "little
SICK" just when the time came.
When his name was called on the
decisive ballot he rose in his place
like blubbering school boy, and
said he was sick the day of the vote,
did not think the vote would come
on so soon, that he didn't consider
himself under any pledges only to
use his own judgment, and that he
voted a big NO, and didn't care
who "knowed" it. Oh! Mac! -
Wellsburg Herald.
This is a mistake, Brother Jacob.
He was very much concerned that
the Freeman reported his action
on the Amendment, and we have
agreed to publish any apologies he
may make to his constituency.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-23

The Melville Sisters are playing
to good houses every night, which
is good evidence that they please
the people. "The Octoroon" was
put on in good style last night, but
there is no use under the sun for
the amount of profanity INDUCED
in by the various members of the
company on the Stage. Even lit
tie Eva Melville has been taught
to use "cuss words" whore they are
not called for at all.-State Journal.
And yet the journal persistently
advertised this Company during
their entire engagement here. Has
the editor of the Journal any right
to advertise such plays, and com
mend them, and thus influence our
boys and girls to hear and become
familiar with their profanity?
Gust think of such repertoire
as this by such company for only
10 and 20 cents !"-Journal
And so the Journal goes on from
day to day and from week to week,
for few paltry dollars, advertising
these preparatory schools Of the
devils own fostering.
The harvest will surely come,
and the editor of the Journal may
have cause to reap with anguish of
heart the bitter fruits of his own
lavish seed sowing.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-23
Park ersburg, w. Va

AL WA yS.-In writtag rs about s~6scrtp-
sons, Always 0tve Z. 0. at Whteh you recesUe the
xnper This aUiu snpe as much trouble.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-23

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE.-Let every friend
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MAN comes, take its coming as an urgent re-
guest to subscribe.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-11
the Next "BOodleF's" Trial.
fBy telegraph TO the DispatchI

NEW YORK, January l0.-In the Court OF
oyer and Terminer before Judge Blrrctt
:his morning District-AttOrney MARITIME
moved the trial Of Alderman John O'Neill,
one Of the thirteen boodIers in Duffy and
Fulgrafi7s Broadway franchise combine"
on the charge Of bribery.
O'Neill was in court, but without a legal
hacker, and advancing to a position al
The bar directly facing Judge Barrett, he
said, his voice trembling and himself the
picture Of abiect humility: "Your Honor,
j ask for a pOstponement. / received
notice OF this trial late Saturday. | have
not engaged counsel. l think | ought
to have a couple OF weeks to prepare for
trial." 0'Neill was indicted at the same
time with the other boodlers," and Judge
Barrett asked: During all these months
since your indictment you have not con-
suited counsell" "No, sir" ans Hercd
" honest John" 81 could not spare the
money from my business. Business is a
little easier now aud 1 can spare the money.
am ready for trial now, but suppose my
counsel must have time to prepare" The
district attorney said he was ready TO go on
at any time, and Judge Barrett finally liked
upon Monday next for the trial, so that it
could be finished during January.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-11
A Swindier's Suicide In Jail.
IBy telegraph to the Dispatch.I

CINCINNATI, o., January 10,-Profess0r
Il. SchafT, who has been in Jail for some
days for swindling book-publishers In Bos-
ton, New York. Philadelphia, and other
cities, by representing himself as pur-
chasing for students Of WartOurg SEMI
nary, was to have appeared in the Police
Court this morning. He was found to be
in a stupor, and after being taken to hos
pital died. IL was discovered that a So
cialist who bad been discharged from jail
but few days ago had given Schatf guam
tity OF morphine, for which Schaf gave an
OrdertO the Socialist authorizing himtotake
charge OF whatever effects he might leave.
As none OF the publishers whom he had
swludled were here to prosecute, Schail
could only have been convicted Of lettering
il be had gone 10 trial. Schatf was about
twenty-three years old, OF scholarly bear
ing, and was evidently well educated. He
represented himself as having come but 0
few months ago from Berlin. His huency
in the use OF English indicated that he had
longer experience than he represented.